Interactive Progress Bar

Abstract

A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for using an interactive progress indicator bar to graphically display, and interact with, the completion status information of a plurality of computer operations before they are completed. An interactive progress indicator bar is implemented in a graphical user interface (GUI) and comprises a plurality of progress indicator segments. As computer operations are completed, the details of their completion status are entered into a computer operation log and indexed to their corresponding progress indicator segments. Concurrently, color attributes are applied to progress indicator segments to graphically indicate the completion status of their associated computer operations. Predetermined levels of completion status details are displayed through a user gesture as the cursor is placed over a computer operation's corresponding progress indicator segment. A contextual level of completion status information is displayed in a computer operation log that is automatically scrolled to the corresponding completion status information.

1 . A computer-implementable method for interacting with a plurality of computer operations within a graphical user interface, comprising:
 representing a status of a plurality of computer operations using at least one graphical progress display;   displaying the graphical progress display as a plurality of graphical status elements, the plurality of graphical status elements relating to the plurality of computer operations;   enabling interaction with the graphical status elements of at least one of the plurality of indexed computer operations without affecting operation of the plurality of indexed computer operations.   
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one graphical progress display comprises a progress bar. 
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of graphical status elements are configurable to display a color attribute corresponding to the status of a related computer operation. 
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the interaction with the status details of the at least one of the plurality of related computer operations is performed before the plurality of computer operations are completed. 
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the interaction with the displayed status details of the at least one of the plurality of related computer operations comprises monitoring predetermined computer operations that are not completed. 
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the interaction with the displayed status details of the at least one of the plurality of related computer operations comprises reviewing predetermined computer operations that are completed. 
   
   
       7 . A system comprising:
 a processor;   a data bus coupled to the processor; and   a computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, the computer-usable medium being coupled to the data bus, the computer program code interacting with a plurality of computer operations and comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for:
 representing a status of a plurality of computer operations using at least one graphical progress display; 
 displaying the graphical progress display as a plurality of graphical status elements, the plurality of graphical status elements relating to the plurality of computer operations; 
 enabling interaction with the graphical status elements of at least one of the plurality of indexed computer operations without affecting operation of the plurality of indexed computer operations. 
   
   
   
       8 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein the at least one graphical progress display comprises a progress bar. 
   
   
       9 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein the plurality of graphical status elements are configurable to display a color attribute corresponding to the status of a related computer operation. 
   
   
       10 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein the interaction with the status details of the at least one of the plurality of related computer operations is performed before the plurality of computer operations are completed. 
   
   
       11 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the interaction with the displayed status details of the at least one of the plurality of related computer operations comprises monitoring predetermined computer operations that are not completed. 
   
   
       12 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the interaction with the displayed status details of the at least one of the plurality of related computer operations comprises reviewing predetermined computer operations that are completed. 
   
   
       13 . A computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:
 representing a status of a plurality of computer operations using at least one graphical progress display;   displaying the graphical progress display as a plurality of graphical status elements, the plurality of graphical status elements relating to the plurality of computer operations;   enabling interaction with the graphical status elements of at least one of the plurality of indexed computer operations without affecting operation of the plurality of indexed computer operations.   
   
   
       14 . The computer usable medium of  claim 13 , wherein the at least one graphical progress display comprises a progress bar. 
   
   
       15 . The computer usable medium of  claim 13 , wherein the plurality of graphical status elements are configurable to display a color attribute corresponding to the status of a related computer operation. 
   
   
       16 . The computer usable medium of  claim 13 , wherein the interaction with the status details of the at least one of the plurality of related computer operations is performed before the plurality of computer operations are completed. 
   
   
       17 . The computer usable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the interaction with the displayed status details of the at least one of the plurality of related computer operations comprises monitoring predetermined computer operations that are not completed. 
   
   
       18 . The computer usable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the interaction with the displayed status details of the at least one of the plurality of related computer operations comprises reviewing predetermined computer operations that are completed. 
   
   
       19 . The computer usable medium of  claim 13 , wherein the computer executable instructions are deployable to a client computer from a server at a remote location. 
   
   
       20 . The computer usable medium of  claim 13 , wherein the computer executable instructions are provided by a service provider to a customer on an on-demand basis. 
   
   
       21 . A computer-implementable method for interacting with a plurality of computer operations within a graphical user interface, comprising:
 representing a status of a plurality of computer operations using at least one graphical progress display;   displaying the graphical progress display as a plurality of graphical status elements, the plurality of graphical status elements relating to the plurality of computer operations; and,   enabling selection of at least one of the plurality of graphical status elements to display status details of at least one of the plurality of indexed computer operations.   
   
   
       22 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein the at least one graphical progress display comprises a progress bar. 
   
   
       23 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein the plurality of graphical status elements are configurable to display a color attribute corresponding to the status of a related computer operation.